Sir, Congratulations on an excellent article on Gilles Villeneuve. What you said is very much what I have always believed.…

Sir, The reason why the British public loved Tony Pond so much? Picture the scene: scorching hot Corsica, Tony taking…

Sir, I was pleasantly surprised by your February 'The One That Got Away' article. It referred to Bobby Unser's Penske…

Sir, Your recent articles on Alpine rallying and the Austin-Healey brought back pleasant memories. So, too, has the well-deserved inclusion…

Sir, Thank you for your article on Raymond Sommer. Truly, he was a very great driver. Though he wanted to…

Sir, I was extremely pleased to read John Davenport's reminiscences of the Renault Alpine's rally exploits in your February issue.…

Sir, Congratulations on your February issue and in particular the superb photographic display of Guy Griffiths' work. One small point:…

FIA President Max Mosley's efforts to reduce Formula One's galloping costs put me in mind of King Canute, who famously…

The other day I listened again to an interview, recorded in early 1957, with the Marquis Alfonso de Portago. Originally…

On Friday May 18, 1962, at Zandvoort, Formula One changed forever. In the blink of an eye, chassis design went…

Humble BMC underpinnings, trusty climax engine and sylphlike body were the ingredients that began a legend in 1958. David Malsher…

Just five years after their birth, Lola hit the Grand Prix trail, and took a debut pole. Paul Fearnley drives…

From Mk1 prototype via F1 car, Le Mans and Indy winners, Lola found its niche as a supreme customer car-builder…

The Paris-Darak is one of the Motorsport's toughest events. Yet the 1985 edition was even more so. Many fell, many…

Heard the one about Laffite at Dallas in 1984? In protest at the early hour of first practice, he turned…

Ken Wharton won rallies, trials, sprints, hillclimbs and races. He drove Ford Zephyr BRM V16, Cooper 500 and Jaguar D-type…

For a kid living near Le Mans, Ford's scorched-Earth approach was awe-inspiring, and even though he was to discover later…

Joginder Singh was perhaps the greatest exponent of the old-style safari - fast, determined and a demon spanner-man. John Davenport…

It was hardly blue-blooded, but Basil Davenport's raw Hill-climb special broke records galore in the twenties, making many a pure-bred…

Years of hard-won knowledge, 'I can do better' Chutzpah and driver determined to get up off the floor, were the…